1, BENE'T PLACE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1969. House.

1, BENE'T PLACE (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
solitary-belfry-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1969
Type
House
Address
1, BENE'T PLACE (See details for further address information), Lensfield Road, CB2 1EL
OS grid reference
TL 451 576
Coordinates
52.19819, 0.12251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 Benet Place is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of Lensfield Road. It is constructed of grey gault brick, featuring a band at the first floor level. The building stands three storeys tall and has two windows with 19th-century sash frames. A late 19th-century canted bay window extends through the ground and first floors. The entrance includes a panelled door topped by a traceried fanlight and is sheltered by a deep wrought-iron hood. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. This property is part of a group with Nos 1 to 5 Benet Place.

Local climate

1, BENE'T PLACE (See details for further address information) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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